fix

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To pierce

   To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

2. 2

   To attach

   To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

   • A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
   • A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
   • The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
3. 3

   To mend, to repair.

   • That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
   • You can't fix stupid.
   • Fix this for me.
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   1. 4

      To prepare (food or drink).

      • She fixed dinner for the kids.
      • She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.
      • I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.
   2. 5

      To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair

      To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.

      • A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
   3. 6

      To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

      • Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
   4. 7

      To map (a point or subset) to itself.

      • The function f#58;#92;mathbb#123;R#125;#92;to#92;mathbb#123;R#125;#59;f(x)#58;#61;4x-3 fixes the point 1#92;in#92;mathbb#123;R#125;, since f(1)#61;4(1)-3#61;1.
   5. 8

      To take revenge on, to best

      To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

      • He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
   6. 9

      To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as…

      To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

   7. 10

      To convert into a stable or available form.

      • Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
      • it is well to fix with sodium hyposulphite , and to wash as usual
   8. 11

      To become fixed

      To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

      • Accuſing ſome malignant Star, Not Britain, for that fateful War, Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear, Reſolv’d to fix for ever here.
      • A cheerless place! the solitary Bee, Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.
   9. 12

      To become firm, so as to resist volatilization

      To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

      • quicksilver will fix, so asto endure the hammer
   10. 13

       To shoot

       To shoot; to inject a drug.

       • She doesn't have to worry about stool pigeons because every law in the Federal District knows that Lupita sells junk. She keeps outfits in glasses of alcohol so the junkies can fix in the joint and walk out clean.
   11. 14

       A repair or corrective action.

       • That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
   12. 15

       A difficult situation

       A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.

       • It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
       • "How come you're in this fix?"
   13. 16

       A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.

       • And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.
       • Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix.
       • Just one fix!
   14. 17

       A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting…

       A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

       • As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.
   15. 18

       An understanding, grasp of something.

       • Each character comes to us with her own particular fix on reality, shaped by a lifetime of experience and by the urgencies of the moment.
   16. 19

       A determination of location.

       • We have a fix on your position.
   17. 20

       A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.

   18. 21

       Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

   19. 22

       Abbreviation of factor IX (clotting factor IX).

   20. 23

       A surname.

The neighborhood

• synonymimpalepierce
• synonymrun throughpierce
• synonymstickpierce
• synonymjoinhold in place
• synonymput together
• synonymunite
• synonymput to rights
• synonymrectify
• synonymrepair
• synonympatchmend; repair
• synonymneuterrender infertile
• synonymspayrender infertile
• antonymmoveantonym(s) of “to hold in place”
• antonymchangeantonym(s) of “to hold in place”